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Awesome Emulators

A list of all the emulators for a particular system. Includes honorable and historical mentions as well!

This list will always be kept as complete and up-to-date as possible, but please open an issue if you have any questions/comments/concerns.

Official websites and links to the authors will always be used if possible, otherwise mirrors may be used if they are available.

Quick note: the recommended column is purely subjective and I only use it as a means of answering the question "should/could/would you use it?" or "is there a viable use case or reason for this emulator to be used instead of another?" Please ask yourself what you are using the emulator for and then make an educated decision based on your own research and needs.

Now onto the list! 😄

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Source Availability

Name Icon Meaning
Check mark ✔️ Open-source project
Minus sign Partially open-source, no license, incorrect license, or disputed project license
X Closed-source/proprietary project

Platform Support

Name Icon Meaning
Computer 💻 Runs on Windows
Apple 🍎 Runs on macOS
Penguin 🐧 Runs on Linux
Imp 👿 Runs on BSD
Robot 🤖 Runs on Android
iPhone 📱 Runs on iOS
Globe 🌐 Runs on the web
Floppy Disk 💾 Runs on DOS

Table of Contents

  1. Awesome Emulators
    1. Source Availability
    2. Platform Support
    3. Table of Contents
    4. Home Game Console Emulators
      1. Atari
        1. Atari 2600
        2. Atari 5200
        3. Atari 7800
        4. Atari Jaguar/Jaguar CD
      2. Commodore Amiga CD32
      3. LaserDisc systems
      4. Sony
        1. Sony PlayStation 1
        2. Sony PlayStation 2
        3. Sony PlayStation 3
        4. Sony PlayStation 4
        5. Sony PlayStation 5
      5. Nintendo
        1. Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom
        2. Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
        3. Nintendo 64
        4. Nintendo GameCube
        5. Nintendo Wii
        6. Nintendo Wii U
        7. Nintendo Switch
      6. Sega
        1. Sega Master System
        2. Sega Genesis/Megadrive and 32X/Sega CD
        3. Sega Saturn
        4. Sega Dreamcast
        5. Sega Dreamcast VMU
      7. Microsoft
        1. Microsoft Xbox
        2. Microsoft Xbox 360
        3. Microsoft Xbox One
        4. Microsoft Xbox Series
      8. NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx
      9. SNK Neo Geo AES/MVS/Neo Geo CD
      10. Pong consoles
      11. Magnavox Odyssey 2
      12. Philips CD-i
      13. Panasonic
        1. Panasonic 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
        2. Panasonic 3DO M2
      14. Gemei A330
      15. Apple/Bandai Pippin
      16. Mattel Intellivision
      17. Coleco ColecoVision
      18. Chip-8 and related system emulators/interpreters
      19. COSMAC VIP/RCA Studio II/Telmac 1800
    5. Handheld game console emulators
      1. Nintendo
        1. Nintendo Game Boy/Game Boy Color
        2. Nintendo Game Boy Advance
        3. Nintendo Game And Watch simulators
        4. Nintendo Virtual Boy
        5. Pokemon Mini
        6. Nintendo DS
        7. Nintendo 3DS
      2. Game Park GP32
      3. Atari Lynx
      4. Sega Game Gear
      5. Sony
        1. Sony PlayStation Portable
        2. Sony PocketStation
        3. Sony PlayStation Vita
      6. Bandai WonderSwan/WonderSwan Color/SwanCrystal/WonderWitch
      7. SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color
      8. Watara SuperVision
    6. Phones/PDAs/other mobile devices, etc.
      1. Apple iOS/iPod
      2. Google Android
      3. N-Gage
      4. BREW
      5. Mophun
      6. Java
      7. Palm devices
    7. Computer emulators
      1. Acorn
        1. Acorn Atom computers
        2. Acorn BBC Micro computers
        3. Acorn Electron computers
        4. Acorn Archimedes computers
      2. Amstrad CPC computers
      3. DOS emulators
      4. x86 emulators
      5. System/370, ESA/390, z/Architecture
      6. Apple computers
      7. NeXT computers
      8. Oberon RISC machine
      9. SIMH simulators
      10. Coleco computers
      11. Commodore
        1. Commodore computers
        2. Commodore Amiga computers/Commodore Amiga CD32
      12. Atari 400/800 and ST computers
      13. Sinclair
        1. Sinclair ZX81 computers
        2. Sinclair ZX Spectrum computers
      14. NEC
        1. NEC 6000 computers
        2. NEC 8800 computers
        3. NEC 9800 computers
      15. MSX computers
      16. Sharp
        1. Sharp X1 computers
        2. Sharp X68000 computers
      17. Virtualization solutions
      18. Interpreters
    8. Calculator emulators
      1. Texas Instruments
        1. TI-81 series
        2. TI-83 / TI-84 series
        3. TI-85 and TI-86 series
        4. TI-89 series
        5. TI-90 series
        6. Misc TI calculator emulators
        7. TI-Nspire
      2. Hewlett Packard
        1. Hewlett Packard monochrome calculators
        2. Hewlett Packard Prime calculators
        3. Hewlett Packard scientific and financial calculators
        4. Other HP calculator resources
      3. Casio calculators
      4. Sharp calculators
      5. Elektronika calculators
    9. Other miscellaneous emulators and projects:
      1. Adobe Flash emulators
      2. Game engine emulators/interpreters
      3. Nuon emulators
      4. Game client emulators)
      5. Arcade machine emulators
      6. Pinball machine emulators
      7. Multi-system emulators
    10. Emulation platforms
      1. Emulation operating systems for computers
      2. Emulation operating systems for single board computers
      3. Emulation frontends and launchers for Windows/Linux
      4. Emulation frontends for Android
      5. Emulation scripts for setting up multiple emulators
      6. Game collection managers
    11. 👨‍💻 Contributing
    12. 💬 Support
    13. 🙏 Special Thanks
    14. ❓ FAQ
      1. Where can I download games?
      2. Can you give me personal help with emulator setup, dumping games and software, or other things?
    15. 🐢 Author
    16. 🔗 Links
    17. Related projects
    18. Disclaimer
    19. 📃 License

Home Game Console Emulators

Atari

Atari 2600

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
A26 Source available ✔️ Atari 2600 💾
Gopher2600 ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Atari 2600 💻 🐧
javatari ✔️ AGPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Atari 2600 🌐
javatari (older version) ✔️ AGPLv3 ✔️ Atari 2600 🌐
NO$2K6 Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Atari 2600 💻 💾
PC Atari Emulator (PCAE) ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Atari 2600 💻 💾
pyTari ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Atari 2600 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
Stella ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Atari 2600 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
Stellarator ✔️ 3-clause BSD ✔️ Atari 2600 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
VCS 2600 Proprietary ✔️ Atari 2600 💻
Virtual 2600 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Atari 2600 💾
Virtual VCS ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Atari 2600 💻

Atari 5200

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
A5200DS Source available ✔️ ✔️ Atari 5200 Nintendo DS
Jum52 Proprietary ✔️ Atari 5200 💻
kat5200 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit computers 💻 🍎 🐧
Rainbow Proprietary ✔️ Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit computers 💻 🍎
Virtual Super System (VSS) Proprietary ✔️ Atari 5200 💾

Atari 7800

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
A7800 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Atari 7800 💻 🍎 🐧
A7800DS ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Atari 7800 Nintendo DS
BupSystem Proprietary ✔️ Atari 7800 💻
EMU7800 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Atari 7800 💻
ProSystem ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Atari 7800 💻
V7800 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Atari 7800 💻
Wii7800 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Atari 7800 Nintendo Wii

Atari Jaguar/Jaguar CD

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
BigPEmu Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Atari Jaguar, Atari Jaguar CD 💻 🐧
Jaggy ✔️ Source available ✔️ Atari Jaguar 💻
Jagulator Proprietary ✔️ Atari Jaguar 💻
Project Tempest Proprietary ✔️ Atari Jaguar 💻
Virtual Jaguar ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Atari Jaguar, Atari Jaguar CD 💻 🍎 🐧

Commodore Amiga CD32

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Akiko Proprietary Commodore Amiga CD32 💻

LaserDisc systems

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
DAPHNE ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ LaserDisc arcade software 💻
Dirk Simple ✔️ zlib license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Dragon's Lair LaserDisc arcade game 💻
SINGE ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ LaserDisc arcade software 💻

Sony

Sony PlayStation 1

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
AdriPSX Proprietary ✔️ Sony PlayStation 💻
Avocado ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation 🤖
Bleem! Proprietary Sony PlayStation 💻
ChonkyStation Source available ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation 💻
Connectix VGS (Virtual Game Station) Proprietary Sony PlayStation 💻 🍎
DuckStation ✔️ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation 💻 🍎 🐧
ePSXe Proprietary No, Free Android version ✔️ Sony PlayStation 💻 🍎 🐧
hpsx64 ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation, Sony PlayStation 2 💻
Mango (GitHub leads to a 404 page) ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Sony PlayStation
NO$PSX Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation 💻
PCSX ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Sony PlayStation 💻
PCSX-df ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Sony PlayStation 🐧
PCSX-Reloaded ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Sony PlayStation 💻 🍎 🐧
PCSX-Reloaded (PGXP fork) ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Sony PlayStation 💻 🍎 🐧
PCSX-Redux ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation 💻 🍎 🐧
ProjectPSX ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation 💻
PS Emu Pro Proprietary ✔️ Sony PlayStation 💻
PSXACT ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Sony PlayStation 💻
pSX (AKA psxfin) Proprietary ✔️ Sony PlayStation 💻 🐧
PSXeven Proprietary ✔️ Sony PlayStation 💻
Rustation ✔️ GNU GPLv2+ ✔️ Sony PlayStation 💻 🍎 🐧
Rustation-NG (fork and continuation of Rustation) ✔️ GNU GPLv2+ ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation 💻 🍎 🐧
SSSPSX Proprietary ✔️ Sony PlayStation 💻
Xebra Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation, Sony PocketStation (with PK201) 💻

Sony PlayStation 2

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
AetherSX2 Partially ✔️ Sony PlayStation 2 🤖
DobieStation ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Sony PlayStation 2 💻 🍎 🐧
Emotional ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation 2 💻 🐧
hpsx64 ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation 2 💻
NeutrinoSX2 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Sony PlayStation 2 💻
orbum ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Sony PlayStation 2 💻 🐧
PCSX2 ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation 2 💻 🍎 🐧
Play! ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation 2 💻 🍎 🐧
PS2emu Proprietary ✔️ Sony PlayStation 2 💻
PurpleSX2 Partially ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation 2 🤖

Sony PlayStation 3

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Nucleus ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Sony PlayStation 3 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖 📱
PS3F Proprietary ✔️ Sony PlayStation 3 💻
RPCS3 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation 3 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
Short Waves Proprietary ✔️ Sony PlayStation 3 💻

Sony PlayStation 4

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
fpPS4 and a GUI ✔️ LGPLv2.1 (GUI is GNU GPLv2) ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation 4 💻
GPCS4 ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Sony PlayStation 4 💻
Kyty ✔️ MIT license ✔️ Sony PlayStation 4, Sony PlayStation 5 💻
Obliteration ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation 4 💻 🍎 🐧
Orbital ✔️ MIT license ✔️ Sony PlayStation 4 💻 🍎 🐧
PS4Delta ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Sony PlayStation 4 💻
RPCSX ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation 4 🐧
shadPS4 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation 4 💻 🐧
Spine Proprietary ✔️ Sony PlayStation 4 💻

Sony PlayStation 5

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Kyty ✔️ MIT license ✔️ Sony PlayStation 5 💻

Nintendo

Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
3dSen Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom 💻 🍎 🐧
ANESE ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom 💻 🍎 🐧
FCEUX ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom 💻 🍎 🐧
FakeNES ✔️ zlib license ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom 💻 🍎 🐧 👿 💾
HDNes Source available ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom 💻
iNES Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom 💻 🍎 🐧 👿 💾 🤖
Jnes Proprietary ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom 💻 🤖
KindNES Source available ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom 💻 🍎 🐧
MacFCEU ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom 🍎
MetalNES ✔️ MIT license ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom 🍎
Mesen (deprecated in favor of Mesen) ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom 💻 🐧
Mesen-X (deprecated in favor of Mesen) ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom 💻 🐧
Nestopia ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom 💻
Nestopia Undead Edition ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom 💻 🐧 👿
nemulator Proprietary ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom, Game Boy, Sega Game Gear, Sega Master System 💻
NESticle Proprietary, source available, source code leaked ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom 💻 💾
Nintendulator ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom 💻
NO$NES Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom 💻
Pinky ✔️ Apache 2.0 and MIT license ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖 🌐
Potatis ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖 🌐
puNES ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom 💻 🐧 👿
QuickNES ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom 💻
RockNES Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom 💻 💾
SimpleNES ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
VirtuaNES ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom 💻
VisualNes Source available ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom 💻 🐧
ZeNES ✔️ MIT license ✔️ Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom 💻

Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
bsnes ✔️ GNU GPLv3+ ✔️ ✔️ Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
bsnes+ ✔️ GNU GPLv3+ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
bsnes-classic ✔️ GNU GPLv3+ ✔️ ✔️ Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
bsnes-hd ✔️ GNU GPLv3+ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
bsnes-mt ✔️ GNU GPLv3+ ✔️ ✔️ Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom 💻
CATSFC ✔️ GNU GPLv2+ ✔️ Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom Nintendo DS
lsnes ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
Mesen-S (deprecated in favor of Mesen) ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom 💻 🍎 🐧
Mesen-SX (deprecated in favor of Mesen) ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom 💻 🍎 🐧
NO$SNS Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom 💻
Silhouette was an unofficial port of SNES96 (by an anonymous developer), which was an early version of what would eventually become SNES9x. The README states it is a Nintendo-developed emulator, but this has been proven to be false. You can download it here to try it for yourself. Proprietary ✔️ Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom 🍎
SNES9x Custom license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom 💻 🍎 🐧 👿 🌐 🤖 Nintendo GameCube Nintendo Wii Nintendo Switch Sony PlayStation Portable
SNEeSe Artistic License 2.0 ✔️ Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom 💻 🐧 👿 💾
SNESGT Proprietary ✔️ Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom 💻
ZSNES - A historic emulator, and it is undergoing a huge rewrite for a new release eventually™ ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom 💻 💾 🐧

Nintendo 64

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
1964 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻
1964.js ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo 64 🌐
1964-GEPD ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻
Apollo ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻
Apollo64 ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo 64
Blade64 Source available ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻
CEN64 ✔️ 3-clause BSD license ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻 🍎 🐧
CEN64-qt ✔️ 3-clause BSD license ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻 🍎 🐧
Cor64 ✔️ MIT license ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻 🐧
Corn Proprietary ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻
Cube64 ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Nintendo 64 Nintendo GameCube and Nintendo Wii
Daedalus ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo 64 Sony PlayStation Portable
DaedalusX64 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻 🐧 Sony PlayStation Portable Nintendo 3DS
DaedalusX64-3DS ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo 64 Nintendo 3DS
DaedalusX64-vitaGL ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻 🐧 Sony PlayStation Portable Nintendo 3DS
Daedalus-lkb ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻
dgb-n64 Source available ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻 🐧
DotN64 ✔️ MIT license ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻
Dream64 Proprietary ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻
Drop64 ✔️ MIT license ✔️ Nintendo 64 🌐
EMG ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻 🍎 🐧
Fake64 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo 64 🐧
gopher64 ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻 🐧
Jario64 ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻 🌐
Kaizen (previously Gadolinium) ✔️ 3-clause BSD license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻 🐧
Larper64 (website is down and the developer was anonymous, so only a backup Google Drive link exists) Proprietary ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻
MiB64) ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻
Mupen64 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻 🐧
Mupen64Plus ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖
Mupen64Plus-qt ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖
'N64-Emulator' Source available ✔️ Nintendo 64 🌐
N64VM Proprietary ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻
n64-emu Source available ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻 🍎 🐧
n64.js ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo 64 🌐
Nemu Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻
Nemu64 Source may be made available Nintendo 64 :heavy_minus_sign
NICE64 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻
NIN64 Proprietary ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻
NINCEST 64 Source available ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻
Not64 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo 64 Nintendo GameCube and Nintendo Wii
NSFE (AKA Reality64) Proprietary ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻
Pagan Proprietary ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻
Parallel Launcher (GUI for both RetroArch N64 cores) ✔️ GNU GPLv3+ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻 🍎 🐧
PC64 "Under the laws of GNU" ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻
Project64 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻
Project64 Legacy ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻
Project Unreality Source available ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻
PyN64 Source available Nintendo 64 💻 🍎 🐧
r64emu ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻 🍎 🐧
RealityEmu ✔️ UNLICENSE ✔️ Nintendo 64 🐧
rokuyon ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻 🍎 🐧 Nintendo Switch
Rosalie's Mupen GUI ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻 🐧
Ryu64 ✔️ UNLICENSE ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻
Shibumi Source available ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻 🐧
Simple64 (formerly m64p) ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻 🐧
SixtyForce Proprietary ✔️ Nintendo 64 🍎
Sunset Proprietary ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻
SupraHLE (fork of UltraHLE) Modified version of leaked UltraHLE source, proprietary Nintendo 64 💻
Surreal64 CE Uses leaked Project64 1.6 sources, Mupen64, and 1964, as well as using leaked Xbox SDK (possibly) ✔️ Nintendo 64 Microsoft Xbox
TR64 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻
TRWin ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻
TrueReality ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻 🍎 🐧 💾 👿
Ultra 64 Source available ✔️ Nintendo 64 💻
UltraHLE Source leaked, proprietary Nintendo 64 💻
UltraHLE 2064 Modified version of UltraHLE leaked source, proprietary Nintendo 64 💻
UltraHLP Patcher for UltraHLE binary, proprietary Nintendo 64 💻
Wii64 ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Nintendo 64 Nintendo Wii
Wii64-PS3 Should be GNU GPLv3, but no license present in the repository Nintendo 64 Sony PlayStation 3

Nintendo GameCube

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Dolphin ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖
Dolwin Source available ✔️ Nintendo GameCube 💻
GCEmu Source available ✔️ Nintendo GameCube 💻
Gcube ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo GameCube 💻
Ishiiruka-Dolphin ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii 💻 🍎 🐧
Pureikyubu ✔️ CC0 1.0 Universal ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo GameCube 💻 🐧
SuperGCube ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo GameCube 💻
WhineCube ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo GameCube 💻

Nintendo Wii

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Dolphin ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖
Ishiiruka-Dolphin ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii 💻 🍎 🐧

Nintendo Wii U

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Cemu ✔️ MPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Wii U 💻 🍎 🐧
Cemu-Android ✔️ MPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Wii U 🤖
Decaf ✔️ GNU GPLv3+ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Wii U 💻 🍎 🐧
Kinnay ✔️ MIT license ✔️ Nintendo Wii U 🐧

Nintendo Switch

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
CageTheUnicorn ✔️ ISC license ✔️ Nintendo Switch 💻 🍎 🐧
Citron ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Switch 💻 🐧 🤖
ctremu ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Switch 🐧 🍎
Mephisto ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo Switch 💻 🍎 🐧
NSEmu ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Nintendo Switch 🐧
NXEmu ✔️ Nintendo Switch 💻
Ryujinx ✔️ MIT license ✔️ Nintendo Switch 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖
Ryujinx-mirror ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Switch 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖
Ryujinx (GreemDev fork) ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Switch 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖
Skyline ✔️ MPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo Switch 🤖
Strato ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Switch 🤖
Suyu ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Switch 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖
Yuzu ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Nintendo Switch 💻 🐧 🤖

Sega

Sega Master System

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
FreezeSMS Proprietary ✔️ Sega Master System, Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Game Gear, Sega SG-1000, ColecoVision 💻
SMSPLUS ✔️ 3-clause BSD license ✔️ Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear 💻 🍎 🐧 👿

Sega Genesis/Megadrive and 32X/Sega CD

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Ages Proprietary ✔️ Sega Genesis/Megadrive, Sega CD, Sega 32X, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear 💻
BlastEm ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sega Genesis/Megadrive 💻 🍎 🐧
DGen ✔️ BSD license ✔️ Sega Genesis/Megadrive 💻 🐧
Exodus ✔️ 3-clause BSD license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sega Genesis/Megadrive 💻
Genesis-Plus-GX ✔️ Custom, source available ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sega Genesis/Megadrive, Sega CD, Sega 32X, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, SG-1000 💻 🍎 🐧 🌐 Nintendo GameCube Nintendo Wii
Gens Plus! ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Sega Genesis/Megadrive 💻 🐧 👿
Gens+ REWiND ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Sega Genesis/Megadrive, Sega CD, Sega 32X 💻
Gens ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Sega Genesis/Megadrive 💻 🐧 👿
HazeMD ✔️ MAME license ✔️ Sega Genesis/Megadrive 💻
Kega Fusion Proprietary ✔️ Sega Genesis/Megadrive, Sega CD, Sega 32X, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, SG-1000 💻 🍎 🐧
RetroDrive Proprietary ✔️ Sega Genesis/Megadrive, Sega 32X 💻
TrueLMAO ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ Sega Genesis/Megadrive 💻 🐧 🌐

Sega Saturn

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
A-SATURN Proprietary ✔️ Sega Saturn 💻
Cassini (patched version of GiriGiri) Proprietary ✔️ Sega Saturn 💻
GiriGiri Proprietary ✔️ Sega Saturn 💻
Hyperion Proprietary ✔️ Sega Saturn 💻
Kronos ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sega Saturn 💻 🐧
Nova Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Sega Saturn 💻
PC-SATURN Proprietary ✔️ Sega Saturn 💻
Project Titan Source available ✔️ Sega Saturn 💻
Sat'On'Em Proprietary ✔️ Sega Saturn 💻
Satan (not technically an emulator) Proprietary ✔️ Sega Saturn 💻
Satourne Proprietary ✔️ Sega Saturn 💻
Saturnin Proprietary ✔️ Sega Saturn 💻
SSE Proprietary ✔️ Sega Saturn 💻
SSEmu Proprietary ✔️ Sega Saturn 💻
SSF Proprietary ✔️ Sega Saturn 💻
UltraSat (technically doesn't emulate anything) Proprietary ✔️ Sega Saturn 💻
Yaba Sanshiro 2 (formerly uoYabause) ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sega Saturn 💻 🐧 🤖 📱 Nintendo Switch
Yabause ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Sega Saturn 💻 🍎 🐧 👿 Sega Dreamcast Sony PlayStation Portable

Sega Dreamcast

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
castingDreams ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Sega Dreamcast 💻 🍎 🐧
Chankast Proprietary ✔️ Sega Dreamcast 💻
DEmul Proprietary ✔️ Sega Dreamcast 💻
dreamcast Source available ✔️ Sega Dreamcast 💻 🍎
DreamEMU Proprietary ✔️ Sega Dreamcast 💻
Dreamer Proprietary ✔️ Sega Dreamcast 💻
DreamOxide ✔️ 3-clause BSD license ✔️ Sega Dreamcast 💻 🍎 🐧
Flycast Dojo ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sega Dreamcast 💻 🍎 🐧
Flycast ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sega Dreamcast 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖 📱 Nintendo Switch Xbox One
Icarus (never publicly released as far as I know, if anybody has links or downloads, please let me know!) Proprietary ✔️ Sega Dreamcast
Katana ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Sega Dreamcast 💻 🍎 🐧
Katana (unrelated to the above project) Source available ✔️ Sega Dreamcast 💻 🍎 🐧
lxdream ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Sega Dreamcast 🍎 🐧 🤖
lxdream-nitro ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Sega Dreamcast 🍎 🐧
Makaron - Download here Proprietary ✔️ Sega Dreamcast 💻
nullDC Source available ✔️ Sega Dreamcast 💻
ReDream Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Sega Dreamcast 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖
Reicast ✔️ 3-clause BSD license ✔️ Sega Dreamcast 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖
Swirly ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Sega Dreamcast 🐧 👿
washDC (formerly WashingtonDC) ✔️ GNU GPLv3+ ✔️ ✔️ Sega Dreamcast 💻 🐧

Sega Dreamcast VMU

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
DirectVMS Source available ✔️ Sega Dreamcast VMU 💻
DreamVMU Source available ✔️ Sega Dreamcast VMU 💻
ElysianVMU Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Sega Dreamcast VMU 💻 🍎 🐧
SoftVMS Source available ✔️ Sega Dreamcast VMU 💻 🐧 💾 Amiga Dreamcast

Microsoft

Microsoft Xbox

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Cxbx ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Microsoft Xbox 💻 🐧
Cxbx-Reloaded ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Microsoft Xbox 💻
Dxbx ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Microsoft Xbox 💻
OpenXBOX Source available ✔️ Microsoft Xbox 💻 🐧
StrikeBox ✔️ 2-clause BSD license ✔️ Microsoft Xbox 💻 🐧
XQEMU ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Microsoft Xbox 💻 🍎 🐧
Xemu ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Microsoft Xbox 💻 🍎 🐧
Xeon Proprietary ✔️ Microsoft Xbox 💻
Xenoborg - Source here ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Microsoft Xbox 💻

Microsoft Xbox 360

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
cs360emu Source available ✔️ Microsoft Xbox 360 💻
Xenia ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Microsoft Xbox 360 💻

Microsoft Xbox One

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
There are currently no emulators for this system 😔 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Microsoft Xbox Series

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
There are currently no emulators for this system 😔 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
ePCEngine ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/CD-ROM²/TurboGrafx-CD/SuperGrafx 💻
Hu-Go! ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/CD-ROM²/TurboGrafx-CD/SuperGrafx 💻 🐧 👿 💾
MagicEngine Proprietary NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/CD-ROM²/TurboGrafx-CD/SuperGrafx 💻 💾 🍎
Neco (only the archived official web page had downloads and info) Source available ✔️ NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/CD-ROM²/TurboGrafx-CD/SuperGrafx 💻 🐧
Ootake ✔️ GNU GPLv2+ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/CD-ROM²/TurboGrafx-CD/SuperGrafx 💻
pcejin ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/CD-ROM²/TurboGrafx-CD/SuperGrafx 💻
Turbo Engine Proprietary ✔️ NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/CD-ROM²/TurboGrafx-CD/SuperGrafx 💻

SNK Neo Geo AES/MVS/Neo Geo CD

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Gekko Proprietary ✔️ SNK Neo Geo AES 💻
GnGeo ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ SNK Neo Geo AES 🐧
Kawaks Proprietary ✔️ Neo Geo AES, CPS-2 💻
Neo-RAGEx Proprietary ✔️ Neo Geo AES 💻 💾
NeoDanji Proprietary ✔️ Neo Geo AES 💾
NEOGem Proprietary ✔️ Neo Geo AES 💻 💾
'NeoGeo CD Emulator' Proprietary ✔️ Neo Geo CD 💻
NeoCD Source available ✔️ Neo Geo CD 💻
NeoCD/SDL Source available ✔️ Neo Geo CD 💻 🐧 Dreamcast Sony PlayStation 2 Xbox
NeoRAINE Proprietary ✔️ Neo Geo AES/MVS, Neo Geo CD 💻
RAINE Source available ✔️ Neo Geo AES/MVS, Neo Geo CD 💻 🐧 👿

Pong consoles

Simulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Simulated systems Platform
Pong Consoles Simulation Source available ✔️ Various pong consoles 💻

Magnavox Odyssey 2

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
O2EM ✔️ Artistic license Odyssey 2/Videopac+ 💻 💾 🐧 👿

Philips CD-i

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
CD-iCE Proprietary ✔️ Philips CD-i 💻
CD-i Emulator Proprietary ✔️ Philips CD-i 💻
CeDImu Source available ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Philips CD-i 💻 🍎 🐧
Same CDi ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Philips CD-i 💻 🍎 🐧
TinyCDi ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Philips CD-i 💻

Panasonic

Panasonic 3DO Interactive Multiplayer

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
3d'oh ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Panasonic 3DO 🐧
4DO ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Panasonic 3DO 💻
FreeDO Proprietary ✔️ Panasonic 3DO 💻 🍎

Panasonic 3DO M2

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
There are currently no emulators for this system 😔 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Gemei A330

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Gemei A330 libretro core Source available ✔️ ✔️ Gemei A330 💻 🍎 🐧

Apple/Bandai Pippin

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommendation Emulated systems Platform
SheepShaver ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Apple/Bandai Pippin 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
SheepShaver (community maintained fork) ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Apple/Bandai Pippin 💻 🍎 🐧 👿

Mattel Intellivision

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Bliss ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Mattel Intellivision 💻
Bliss32 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Mattel Intellivision 💻
BlissX ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Mattel Intellivision 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
BlissJ Web ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Mattel Intellivision 🌐
BlissJ Java ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Mattel Intellivision 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
BlissJX ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Mattel Intellivision 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
gtk-jzintv ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Mattel Intellivision 🐧 👿
IntvDOS ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Mattel Intellivision 💾
IntvWin ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Mattel Intellivision 💻
jzIntv ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Mattel Intellivision 💻
jzintvGUI ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Mattel Intellivision 💻
jzIntvImGui ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Mattel Intellivision 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖 Nintendo Switch
FreeIntv ✔️ GNU GPLv2+ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Mattel Intellivision 💻 🍎 🐧
Nostalgia Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Mattel Intellivision 💻
NINTV ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ Mattel Intellivision Nintendo DS
Xanadu Proprietary ✔️ Mattel Intellivision 💻

Coleco ColecoVision

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Bee ✔️ GNU LGPLv2 ✔️ Coleco ColecoVision 💻 🍎 🐧
ColEm Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Coleco ColecoVision 💻 🐧 🤖 Nintendo Wii
CoolCV Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Coleco ColecoVision 💻 🍎 🐧
CULT Proprietary ✔️ Coleco ColecoVision 💻
Mugrat Proprietary ✔️ Coleco ColecoVision 🍎
Virtual ColecoVision (AKA Colem97) Proprietary ✔️ Coleco ColecoVision 💻
ColecoDS Source available ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Coleco ColecoVision Nintendo DS

Chip-8 and related system emulators/interpreters

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
cheap8 Source available ✔️ Chip-8 💻 🍎 🐧
Chip 8 Emulator ✔️ GNU GPLv3+ ✔️ Chip-8 💻 🍎 🐧
Chip-3DS Proprietary ✔️ Chip-8 Nintendo 3DS
Chip8 Emulator (PS4) Proprietary ✔️ ❌ (no longer available) Chip-8 Sony PlayStation 4
Chip8 Emulator (PSP) Proprietary ✔️ Chip-8 Sony PlayStation Portable
Chip-8 Emulator ✔️ MIT license ✔️ Chip-8 🌐
Chip-8 Emulator ✔️ Apache 2.0 ✔️ Chip-8 💻 🍎 🐧
Chip8 To SMD Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Chip-8 Sega Megadrive/Genesis
Chip8.js ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ Chip-8 💻 🍎 🐧 🌐
CHIP-8 ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Chip-8 💻 🍎 🐧
Chip8 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Chip-8 💻 🍎 🐧
chip8 ✔️ MIT license ✔️ Chip-8 💻 🍎 🐧
chip8-3do ✔️ MIT license ✔️ Chip-8 Panasonic 3DO
CHIP-8-Emulator ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Chip-8 💻 🍎 🐧
CHIP8-Emulator-WiiU (original) ✔️ Source available ✔️ Chip-8 Nintendo Wii U
CHIP8-Emulator-WiiU Source available ✔️ Chip-8 Nintendo Wii U
chip8me Unknown source code (link broken) ✔️ Chip-8 Nintendo DS
Chip8-NX Source available ✔️ Chip-8 Nintendo Switch
chip-8-raku ✔️ Artistic 2.0 license ✔️ ✔️ Chip-8 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
chip8swemu ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ Chip-8 💻 🐧
CHIP-8z ✔️ AGPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Chip-8 💻 🍎 🐧
Chipfinity Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Chip-8 🤖
Chip-n64 Source available ✔️ ✔️ Chip-8 Nintendo 64
Chippy Proprietary, fork of a fork but no source that I can find ✔️ Chip-8 Nintendo Wii
DrChip8 Proprietary ✔️ Chip-8 Nintendo Game Boy
DreamChip (PSP Chip8 emulator) Proprietary ✔️ Chip-8 Sony PlayStation Portable
GB-8 ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ Chip-8 Nintendo Game Boy Color
iPhone-Chip-8-Emulator CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (not a source code license) ✔️ Chip-8 📱
OCTACHIP ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ Chip-8 💻 🍎 🐧 🌐
PsChip8 Source available ✔️ ✔️ Chip-8 Sony PlayStation
PSPChip8 Possible GPL? ✔️ Chip-8 Sony PlayStation Portable
R8 ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ Chip-8 💻 🐧
Super-Chip8X Source available ✔️ ✔️ Chip-8 Super Nintendo Entertainment System

COSMAC VIP/RCA Studio II/Telmac 1800

See multi-emulators section for "Emma 02 emulator"

Handheld game console emulators

Nintendo Handhelds

Nintendo Game Boy/Game Boy Color

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommendation Emulated systems Platform
BGB Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Super Game Boy 💻
Boycott Proprietary ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color 💻
ChillyGB ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color 💻
Gambatte ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color 💻 🍎 🐧
Game-Boy-DOS Source available ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy 💾
GameRoy ✔️ Dual-licensed under the MIT license and the Apache 2.0 license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy 💻 🐧 🤖 🌐
GateBoy Source available ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy 💻 🐧
GBCC ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖
GoBC Source available, license is blank ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy 💻 🐧
Gearboy ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖 🌐 and many more
hdmg ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color 🐧
hhugboy ✔️ GNU GPLv2+ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color 💻
Hu-Boy Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16
KiGB Proprietary ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Super Game Boy 💻 🐧 💾
MetroBoy Source available ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy 💻
NO$GMB Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Super Game Boy 💻
PyBoy ✔️ GNU LGPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color 💻 🍎 🐧
SameBoy ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Super Game Boy 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
TGB Dual ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color 💻 🐧
TGB Dual-L ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color 💻
VGB (AKA Virtual Game Boy) Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, and Nintendo Super Game Boy 💻 🐧 👿 🤖 💾
Wzonka-Lad ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy Commodore Amiga

Nintendo Game Boy Advance

  • ❗ = WARNING: This emulator is no longer maintained and has security vulnerabilities. This is here for completeness, but use alternatives or at the bare minimum please exercise caution when using these emulators.
Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
BoycottAdvance Proprietary ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy Advance 💻
GiiBiiAdvance ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Advance 💻 🐧
Mac Boy Advance ✔️ GNU GPLv2+ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance 🍎
mGBA ✔️ MPL 2.0 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance 💻 🍎 🐧 Nintendo Wii Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Switch Sony PlayStation Vita
NanoBoyAdvance ✔️ GNU GPLv3+ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance 💻 🍎 🐧
SkyEmu ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance 💻 🍎 🐧 👿 🤖 📱
VBALink ✔️ GNU GPLv2+ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance 💻
VBA-M ✔️ GNU GPLv2+ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance 💻 🍎 🐧
VBA-rr ✔️ GNU GPLv2+ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance 💻 🐧
VGBA (AKA Virtual Game Boy Advance) Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy Advance 💻 🍎 🐧 👿 💾
Visual Boy Advance ✔️ GNU GPLv2+ ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
My Boy! Proprietary Nintendo Game Boy Advance 🤖
My Boy! Lite Proprietary ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy Advance 🤖
Pizza Boy Pro (Removed from Google Play store by the developer.) Proprietary ✔️ Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo Game Boy Advance 🤖

Nintendo Game And Watch simulators

Simulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Simulated systems Platform
Handheld Quake simulations Proprietary ✔️ Various handheld systems 💻 🐧
lcdgames simulations Source available ✔️ Various handheld systems 🌐
Madrigal simulations Some source available ✔️ ✔️ Various handheld systems 💻 🐧 Sony PlayStation Portable Sony PlayStation Vita Nintendo Switch Microsoft Xbox
Pica Pic simulations (requires Adobe Flash emulator) Proprietary ✔️ Various handheld systems Adobe Flash (requires an emulator to run)
RetroFab simulations Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Various handhelds and tabletop systems 🌐

Nintendo Virtual Boy

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Planet Virtual Boy emulator (AKA PVBEmu) ✔️ MIT license ✔️ Nintendo Virtual Boy 🐧
r3Ddragon ✔️ MIT license with custom license exceptions ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Virtual Boy Nintendo 3DS
Reality Boy (formerly VBEmu98) ✔️ Custom ✔️ Nintendo Virtual Boy 💻
Red Dragon ✔️ Custom ✔️ Nintendo Virtual Boy 💻 🐧
Red Dragon (PSP) ✔️ Custom ✔️ Nintendo Virtual Boy Sony PlayStation Portable
Rustual Boy ✔️ Dual-licensed under the MIT license and the Apache 2.0 license ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Virtual Boy 💻 🐧
SoftVUE (not released?) AKA VUE32 Nintendo Virtual Boy
VBjin ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Virtual Boy 💻
VBjin-ovr ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Virtual Boy 💻
ViBE Proprietary ✔️ Nintendo Virtual Boy 🍎
VirtualBoyGo ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo Virtual Boy Oculus Quest
VirtualBoyX Supposedly based on another emulator, but I can't confirm ✔️ Nintendo Virtual Boy Microsoft Xbox
Virtual-E Proprietary ✔️ Nintendo Virtual Boy 💻
Virtual Utopia (not released?) Nintendo Virtual boy
Wiirtual Boy ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo Virtual Boy Nintendo Wii
XVBoy Source available ✔️ Nintendo Virtual Boy Microsoft Xbox

Pokemon Mini

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
minimon ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Pokemon Mini 💻
PokeKaMini Proprietary ✔️ Pokemon Mini 💻
PokeMini ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Pokemon Mini 💻 🐧 Nintendo DS Sony PlayStation Portable Sega Dreamcast
PokemonMiniX Proprietary ✔️ Pokemon Mini Microsoft Xbox

Nintendo DS

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
CorgiDS ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Nintendo DS 💻 🍎 🐧
DeeS ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Nintendo DS 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖 Nintendo Wii U Nintendo Switch Sony PlayStation Vita
DeSmuME ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo DS 💻 🍎 🐧
DeSmuME-X432R ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo DS 💻
DesmumeX ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo DS Microsoft Xbox
DeSmuME-PSP ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo DS Sony PlayStation Portable
dasShiny ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo DS 💻 🍎 🐧
DraStic Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo DS 🤖
DSemu ✔️ MIT license ✔️ Nintendo DS 💻
DSemu-ng (no known links to downloads or websites) ✔️ MIT license ✔️ Nintendo DS 💻
Dualis Source available ✔️ Nintendo DS 💻
Dust ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo DS 💻 🍎 🐧
DuoS Proprietary ✔️ Nintendo DS 💻
iDeaS Proprietary ✔️ Nintendo DS 💻
medusa ✔️ MPL 2.0 ✔️ Nintendo DS 💻 🍎 🐧
melonDS ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo DS 💻 🍎 🐧
ndsemu Source available ✔️ Nintendo DS 💻 🍎 🐧
NeonDS Proprietary ✔️ Nintendo DS 💻
NooDS ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo DS 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖 Nintendo Wii U Nintendo Switch Sony PlayStation Vita
NooDS-Launcher ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Nintendo DS Sony PlayStation Vita
yuugen ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Nintendo DS 💻 🐧

Nintendo 3DS

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
3dmoo Source available ✔️ Nintendo 3DS 💻 🐧
Citra heavy_check_mark GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Nintendo 3DS 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖
Corgi3DS ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Nintendo 3DS 💻 🍎 🐧
LemonLime Source available ✔️ Nintendo 3DS 💻
Lime3DS ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo 3DS 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖
Mandarine ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo 3DS 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖
Mikage (not yet released) Nintendo 3DS
PabloMK7's Citra ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo 3DS 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖
Panda3DS ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Nintendo 3DS 💻 🍎 🐧
TronDS Proprietary ✔️ Nintendo 3DS 💻

Game Park GP32

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
GeePee32 Proprietary ✔️ Game Park GP32 💻

Atari Lynx

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Felix ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ Atari Lynx 💻
Handy ✔️ zlib license ✔️ ✔️ Atari Lynx 💻 🍎 🐧 👿 🤖

Sega Game Gear

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Gearsystem ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sega Mark III/Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega SG-1000, Othello Multivision 💻 🍎 🐧 👿 🤖
MasterGear Proprietary, developer says you can contact him for source No, Android version is Paid ✔️ ✔️ Sega Mark III/Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega SG-1000, Sega SC-3000, Sega SF-7000 💻 🐧 👿 🤖 💾

Sony Handhelds

Sony PlayStation Portable

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
cspspemu Source available ✔️ Sony PlayStation Portable 💻
JPCSP ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation Portable 💻 🍎 🐧
JPCSP2C ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Sony PlayStation Portable 💻
jspspemu Source available ✔️ Sony PlayStation Portable 💻 🍎 🐧
mfzpsp ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Sony PlayStation Portable 💻
PCSP Proprietary ✔️ Sony PlayStation Portable 💻
Potemkin ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Sony PlayStation Portable 💻
PPSSPP ✔️ GNU GPLv2+ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation Portable 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖 📱
PSPE Proprietary ✔️ Sony PlayStation Portable 💻
pspemu Source available ✔️ Sony PlayStation Portable 💻
pspplayer ✔️ GNU LGPLv2 ✔️ Sony PlayStation Portable 💻
Sam Source available ✔️ Sony PlayStation Portable 💻

Sony PocketStation

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
PK201 - Android version Proprietary ✔️ Sony PocketStation 💻 🤖
PKEmu Proprietary ✔️ Sony PocketStation 💻
pockystation Source available ✔️ Sony PocketStation 💻 🍎 🐧

Sony PlayStation Vita

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Vita3K ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sony PlayStation Vita 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖
vitaemu Source available ✔️ Sony PlayStation Vita 🤖

Bandai WonderSwan/WonderSwan Color/SwanCrystal/WonderWitch

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Cygne ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color 💻
MiracleMage ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color 💻
NitroSwan Source available ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color Nintendo DS
NewOswan ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color 🍎 🐧
Oswan ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color 💻 🐧
Oswan (community fork with some changes) ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color 💻 🐧
StoicGoose ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color 💻 🐧
WonderScott Proprietary ✔️ Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color 💻
WSCamp Proprietary ✔️ Bandai WonderSwan, Bandai WonderSwan Color 💻

SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
BeNeoPocott (NeoPocott ported to BeOS) Proprietary ✔️ SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color BeOS/Haiku
Koyote Proprietary ✔️ SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color 💻
NeoPop-SDL ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color 💻 🐧
NeoPop ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color 💻
NeoGPC ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color 💻
NeoPocott Proprietary ✔️ SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color 💻 🐧
NGPocket Proprietary SNK Neo Geo Pocket/Color 💻

Watara SuperVision

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Potator (legacy) Source available ✔️ Watara SuperVision 💻 🐧 GP32 OpenDingux
Potator (SDL2 fork) The original license was only source available, so this should technically be the same, but the license in the repo is Unlicense ✔️ ✔️ Watara SuperVision 💻 🐧 Nintendo DS OpenDingux GP32 Sony PlayStation Portable
Wataroo Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Watara SuperVision 💻

Phones/PDAs/other mobile devices, etc

Apple iOS/iPod

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Clicky Source available ✔️ Apple iPod 💻 🐧
iPod n3g emulator ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Apple iPod 💻 🐧
qemu-ipod-nano ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Apple iOS 💻 🐧
qemu-ios ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Apple iOS 💻 🐧
touchHLE ✔️ MPL 2.0 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Apple iOS 💻 🐧 🤖
unidbg ✔️ Apache 2.0 ✔️ ✔️ Apple iOS 💻 🐧
xnu-qemu-arm64 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Apple iOS 💻 🐧

Google Android

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Anbox ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Google Android 🐧
Android SDK (includes an emulator) ✔️ Apache 2.0 ✔️ ✔️ Google Android 💻 🍎 🐧
Android x86 ✔️ Apache 2.0 ✔️ ✔️ Google Android Runs on any x86 computer
BlueStacks Proprietary ✔️ Google Android 💻 🍎
GameLoop Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Google Android 💻
Google Play Games Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Google Android 💻
NoxPlayer Proprietary ✔️ Google Android 💻 🍎
Plarium Play Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Google Android 💻
Waydroid ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Google Android 🐧
Windows Subsystem for Android ✔️ MIT license ✔️ Google Android 💻

N-Gage

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
EKLA21 ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Symbian OS/N-Gage 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖
Engemu ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Symbian OS/N-Gage 💻
NGEmu ✔️ Apache 2.0 ✔️ N-Gage 💻
Nomu Source available Symbian OS/N-Gage 💻

BREW

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Melange Source available ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ BREW 🤖

Mophun

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
MoRePhun ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Mophun 💻 🐧

Java

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
FreeJ2ME ✔️ GNU GPLv3+ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ J2ME 💻 🍎 🐧
J2ME-Loader ✔️ Apache 2.0 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ J2ME 🤖
Jademula ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ J2ME 💻
JL-Mod (fork of J2ME-Loader) ✔️ Apache 2.0 ✔️ ✔️ J2ME 🤖
KEmulator Proprietary ✔️ J2ME 💻
KEmulator-nnmod Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ J2ME 💻
ME4SE ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ J2ME 💻 🍎 🐧
Micro Emulator 3 licenses are mentioned in the license file (LGPL 2.1, Apache 2.0, and MPL 2.0) ✔️ J2ME 💻 🍎 🐧
Micro Emulator (community fork) LGPL 2.1 and Apache 2.0? ✔️ J2ME 💻 🍎 🐧
Midp-Emulator Source available ✔️ J2ME 💻 🍎 🐧
SquirrelJME ✔️ MPL 2.0 ✔️ ✔️ J2ME 💻 🍎 🐧

Palm devices

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
CloudpilotEmu ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Multiple devices 💻 🍎 🐧 🌐
Mu Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 United States License ✔️ Palm OS 💻 🍎 🐧

Computer emulators

Acorn

Acorn Atom computers

Acorn BBC Micro computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
BeebEm Custom ✔️ Acorn BBC Micro 🍎
BeebEm (community fork) Custom ✔️ ✔️ Acorn BBC Micro 🍎
b-em ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Acorn BBC Micro 💻 🐧
b2 ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Acorn BBC Micro 💻 🍎 🐧
model-b Source available ✔️ Acorn BBC Micro 💻

Acorn Electron computers

Acorn Archimedes computers

Amstrad CPC computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
CaPriCe Forever Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Amstrad CPC 💻
NO$CPC Proprietary ✔️ Amstrad CPC 💻
WinAPE Proprietary ✔️ Amstrad CPC 💻

DOS emulators

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
DOSBox ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ DOS 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
DOSBox Enhanced Community Edition ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ DOS 💻 🐧
DOSBox-Pure ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ DOS 💻 🍎 🐧
DOSBox-Staging ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ DOS 💻 🍎 🐧
DOSBox-Turbo It should have source available due to being based on DOSBox, but I can't find it DOS 🤖
DOSBox-X ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ DOS 💻 🍎 🐧 💾
em-dosbox ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ DOS 🌐

x86 emulators

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
86Box ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86 💻 🍎 🐧
Bochs ✔️ LGPLv2.1 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
Box86 ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86 🤖 Raspberry Pi Others
Box64 ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86 🤖 Raspberry Pi Others
Box64Droid ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86 🤖
Fake86 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ x86 💻 🐧
FEX-Emu ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86 🐧
Firn ✔️ Dual-licensed under the Apache 2.0 or MIT license ✔️ x86 💻 🐧
MartyPC ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86 💻
PC.js ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86 🌐
PCBox ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86 💻 🐧
PCem ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ x86 💻 🐧
PCx86 ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86 🌐
PDP-8/E ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ x86 🍎
Programma/Program 101 ✔️ x86 💻
QEMU ✔️ LGPLv2.1 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86, ARM, MIPS, RISC-V, PowerPC, more 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
UniPCEmu (formerly x86EMU) Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86 💻 🤖 Sony PlayStation Portable Sony PlayStation Vita Nintendo Switch
VARCem ✔️ 3-clause BSD license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86 💻
VirtualXT ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86 💻 🐧
Winlator Yes, partially Source available/MIT license ✔️ ✔️ x86 🤖
XTulator Might be GNU GPLv2 since it is a rewrite of Fake86, but no license supplied ✔️ x86 💻 🐧

System/370, ESA/390, z/Architecture

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Hercules ✔️ Q public license ✔️ System/370, ESA/390 architectures, 64-bit z/Architecture 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
z390 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ z390 Portable Mainframe 💻 🍎 🐧

Apple computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Agat ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Apple computers and the Agat 💻
Apple II Oasis Proprietary Apple computers 💻
Apple2000e (Apple II/IIe emulator for Amiga) Source available ✔️ Apple computers Commodore Amiga
ApplePC Proprietary ✔️ Apple computers 💻
Appler Source available ✔️ Apple computers 💻
AppleWin ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Apple computers 💻
Basilisk II ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Apple computers 💻 🍎 🐧 👿 Commodore Amiga BeOS
Basilisk II (community fork with updates) ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Apple computers 💻 🍎 🐧 👿 Commodore Amiga BeOS
Dapple ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Apple computers 💾
Dapple II ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Apple computers 💾
dingusppc ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Apple computers 💻 🍎 🐧
Emmac No license supplied, all documentation is in another language ✔️ Apple computers 💻
Executor Proprietary ❌ (was discontinued and the dev released "free keys") Apple computers 💻
Fusion Proprietary Apple computers 💻
IDLE ✔️ MIT license ✔️ Apple computers 💻 🍎
KEGS ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Apple computers 💻 🍎 🐧
KEGS32 ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Apple computers 💻 🍎 🐧
LisaEm ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Apple computers 💻 🍎 🐧
LisaEm (fork with some small additions) ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Apple computers 💻 🍎 🐧
macintosh.js Source available, repo says "for educational use" ✔️ Apple computers 🌐
microm8 and a GUI Proprietary (GUI is source available) ✔️ Apple computers 💻 🍎 🐧
Mini vMac ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Apple computers 💻 🍎 🐧
PCE/macplus ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Apple computers 💻
PearPC ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Apple computers 💻
REINETTE II PLUS DOT PY ✔️ 3-clause BSD license ✔️ ✔️ Apple computers 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
SheepShaver ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Apple computers 💻 🍎 🐧
SheepShaver (community fork with updates) ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Apple computers 💻 🍎 🐧
SoftMac XP Proprietary ✔️ Apple computers 💻
POM1 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Apple computers 💻 🐧 🤖
Virtu ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Apple computers 💻 🍎 Microsoft Xbox 360
vMac ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Apple computers 💻 🍎 🐧 💾
WORM Proprietary ✔️ Apple computers 💻

NeXT computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Previous ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ NeXT computers 💻 🍎 🐧

Oberon RISC machine

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Oberon RISC Emulator ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ Oberon RISC machine 💻 🍎 🐧

SIMH simulators

Simulator FOSS License Free Active Recommendation Simulated systems Platform
Open SIMH simulators ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ SIMH computers 💻 🍎 🐧

Coleco computers

Commodore

Commodore computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
CCS64 Proprietary ❌ (not anymore?) Commodore 64 💻 🐧 💾
Come Back 64 Source available ✔️ Commodore 64 💻
Dream64 Proprietary ✔️ Commodore 64 💻
Emu64 Proprietary ✔️ Commodore 64 💻
Free64 Proprietary ✔️ Commodore 64 💻
Frodo Proprietary ✔️ Commodore 64 💻 🍎 🐧 👿 💾 BeOS AmigaOS RiscOS
Hyper64 Proprietary ✔️ Commodore 64 💻
JSwing C64 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Commodore 64 💻 🍎 🐧 👿 Java phones
micro64 Proprietary ✔️ Commodore 64 💻
NO$C64 Proprietary ✔️ Commodore 64 💻 💾
PC64 Source available ✔️ Commodore 64 💻
VB64 Proprietary ✔️ Commodore 64 💻
VICE ✔️ GNU GPLv2+ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Commodore PET, Commodore VIC20, Commodore PLUS4, Commodore CBM, Commodore 64, Commodore 64DTV, Commodore 128 💻 🍎 🐧 👿 💾 AmigaOS BeOS OS/2 QNX
Win64 Proprietary Commodore 64 💻

Commodore Amiga computers/Commodore Amiga CD32

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
FS-UAE ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Commodore Amiga, Commodore Amiga CD32 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
UAE ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Commodore Amiga 💻
vAmiga ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Commodore Amiga, Commodore Amiga CD32 🍎
WinFellow ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Commodore Amiga 💻
WinUAE ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Commodore Amiga, Commodore Amiga CD32 💻

Atari 400/800 and ST computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
ARAnyM ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Atari computers 💻 🍎 🐧
Atari800 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Atari computers 💻 🐧
Castaway ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Atari computers 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
FAST Proprietary ✔️ Atari computers 💻 💾
Gemulator Source available ✔️ Atari computers 💻
Hatari ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Atari computers 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
HatariWii ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Atari computers Nintendo Wii
pce ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Atari computers 💻
pce-js ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Atari computers 🌐
SainT Proprietary ✔️ Atari computers 💻
Steem ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Atari computers 💻 🐧
Steem SSE ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Atari computers 💻 🐧

Sinclair

Sinclair ZX81 computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
EightyOne ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sinclair ZX81 💻

Sinclair ZX Spectrum computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Speccy Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sinclair ZX Spectrum 💻 🐧 🤖
ZXPoly ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sinclair ZX Spectrum 💻 🍎 🐧

NEC

NEC 6000 computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
PC6001VX ✔️ LGPLv2.1 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ NEC 6000 computers 💻 🐧
PC6001V ✔️ LGPLv2.1 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ NEC 6000 computers 💻 🐧
PC6001VW I couldn't find the source, but should be LGPLv2.1 ✔️ ✔️ NEC 6000 computers 💻 🐧

NEC 8800 computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
ePC8801MA Kai SE Proprietary (source code is in a password-protected 7z file and I haven't cracked it yet) ✔️ NEC 8800 computers 💻
Excite88 (website is down) Proprietary ✔️ NEC 8800 computers 💻
M88 Proprietary ✔️ NEC 8800 computers 💻
M88 for OS/2 Proprietary ✔️ NEC 8800 computers OS/2
P88SR (website is down) ✔️ NEC 8800 computers
pc8801ma ✔️ NEC 8800 computers 💻
PC88EM Proprietary ✔️ NEC 8800 computers 🍎
PC88WIN ✔️ NEC 8800 computers 💻
QUASI88 ✔️ "Modified BSD license" ✔️ NEC 8800 computers 💻 🍎 🐧 👿
W88 Proprietary ✔️ NEC 8800 computers 💻
XM8 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ NEC 8800 computers 💻 🐧 🤖
X88000 Referred to as "Public Domain Software (PDS)" ✔️ NEC 8800 computers 💻 🐧

NEC 9800 computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Anex86 Proprietary ✔️ NEC 9800 computers 💻
J98 Proprietary ✔️ NEC 9800 computers 🤖
Neko Project II Proprietary ✔️ NEC 9800 computers 💻 🍎
NP2kai ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ NEC 9800 computers 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖 📱
Neko Project 21/W Source available ✔️ ✔️ NEC 9800 computers 💻 🐧
SL9821 ✔️ Source available ✔️ NEC 9800 computers 💻 🍎
Xnp2 Source available ✔️ NEC 9800 computers 💻 🐧

MSX computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
blueMSX ✔️ Dual-licensed under the zlib/libpng license and the GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ MSX computers, ColecoVision, SV-318/SV-328, Sega SG1000 💻
BrMSX Source available ✔️ MSX computers 💻
CJS MSX Emulator Proprietary ❌ (mentions shareware and registering in the README) MSX computers 💻
fMSX Source available, custom license ✔️ ✔️ MSX computers 💻 🍎 🐧 👿 💾 Sony PlayStation Sony PlayStation Portable AmigaOS OS/2 Sharp X68000
meisei Source available, custom license ✔️ MSX computers 💻
MSKISS Proprietary ✔️ MSX computers 💻
MSX Emulator for Atari ST Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ MSX computers Atari ST
MSXPLAYer Proprietary, should be source available? MSX computers 💻
NLMSX Sound emulation is source available, otherwise proprietary ✔️ MSX computers 💻
NO$MSX Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ MSX computers 💻 💾
openMSX ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ MSX computers 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖 OpenDingux
ParaMSX Proprietary ✔️ MSX computers 💻 🍎 🐧 👿 💾 Sony PlayStation Sony PlayStation Portable AmigaOS OS/2 Sharp X68000
Power MSX Source for 0.7 is available, 1.0 is proprietary? ✔️ MSX computers 💾
RedMSX 1.2 source is available, 1.4 is proprietary ✔️ MSX computers 💻
RuMSX Source available ✔️ MSX computers 💻
Virtual MSX Proprietary ✔️ MSX computers 💻
WOOM! Proprietary ✔️ MSX computers 💻
Zodiac ✔️ BSD license/GNU GPLv2 license ✔️ MSX computers 💻 🍎 🐧 👿

Sharp X1 computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
eX1 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Sharp X1 💻

Sharp X68000 computers

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
EX68 Proprietary ✔️ Sharp X68000 💻
px68k Source available? ✔️ Sharp X68000 💻 🍎 🤖 📱 Sony PlayStation Portable
Win68k Source available? ✔️ Sharp X68000 💻
Win68k patched in English with some performance tweaks Proprietary, no patches provided ✔️ Sharp X68000 💻
XM6 Source available ✔️ Sharp X68000 💻
XM6 Pro 68K Source available ✔️ ✔️ Sharp X68000 💻
XM6 TypeG Proprietary, no source found ✔️ Sharp X68000 💻
XM6i Proprietary, no source found ✔️ Sharp X68000 💻
XEiJ Dual-licensed under Apache 2.0 and LGPLv3? ✔️ Sharp X68000 💻 🍎 🐧

Virtualization solutions

Virtualization solution FOSS License Free Active Recommended Virtualized systems Platform
Hyper-V Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ x86 and AMD64/Intel64 💻
VirtualBox ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ x86 and AMD64/Intel64 💻 🍎 🐧
VMWare Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ x86 and AMD64/Intel64 💻 🍎 🐧

Interpreters

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Supported games Platform
DreamMM ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ Supported games 💻 🍎 🐧
ResidualVM ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Supported games 💻 🍎 🐧
ScummVM ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Supported games 💻 🍎 🐧 👿 🤖 📱 Sony PlayStation 3 Sony PlayStation Portable Sony PlayStation Vita Sega Dreamcast Nintendo DS Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Wii Nintendo Switch MANY more

Calculator emulators

Texas Instruments

TI-81 series

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Mac-81 Proprietary ✔️ TI-81
PC-81 Proprietary ✔️ TI-81

TI-83 / TI-84 series

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
AlmostTI ✔️ Source available ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TI81, TI82, TI83, TI83+, TI83+SE, TI84+SE, TI85, and TI86
CalcEm ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ TI-82 and TI-83
CEmu ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TI-84 Plus CE / TI-83 Premium CE
jsTIfied Proprietary ✔️ Many 70 and 80 series calculators
TI SmartView CE for TI-84+ family Proprietary Ti-84+ family
TI SmartView for the TI-83+ Proprietary Ti-83+
TI SmartView for the TI-84+ Proprietary Ti-84+
TilEm ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Many 70 and 80 series calculators
Wabbitemu ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Z80 TI calculator models
EMU83 Proprietary ✔️ TI-83

TI-85 and TI-86 series

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Emulator86 Proprietary ✔️ TI-86
TI-85 Emulator Proprietary ✔️ TI-85
TI-85 Emulator (different then the above emulator) Proprietary ✔️ TI-85
TI-86 Emulator Proprietary ✔️ TI-86
TI86EMU Proprietary ✔️ TI-86
TIGraph Proprietary ✔️ TI-85
Virtual 86 Proprietary ✔️ TI-86

TI-89 series

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
TiEmu ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ TI89(ti)/92(+)/V200
Virtual TI-89 MAME license? ✔️ Ti-89
Graph 89 Proprietary ✔️ TI-89
TI89-Simulator Proprietary ✔️ TI-89

TI-90 series

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Emu-92 Proprietary ✔️ TI-92
MacTiger Proprietary ✔️ TI-92
Tiger ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ TI-92

Misc TI calculator emulators

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
TI-8x Emulator Proprietary ✔️ TI-82, TI-83, TI-85, TI-86
TiEmu Source available ✔️ TI89, TI89 Titanium, TI92, TI92+, V200PLT
Virtual TI Proprietary ✔️ TI-82, TI-83, TI-83 Plus, TI-85, TI-86, TI-89, TI-92, TI-92 II, and TI-92 Plus

TI-Nspire

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Firebird ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ TI-Nspire
kArmTI Proprietary ✔️ TI-Nspire
nspire_emu ✔️ Source available ✔️ TI-Nspire

Hewlett Packard

Hewlett Packard monochrome calculators

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Emu48 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ HP48
Emu28 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ HP18C and HP28C
Alucin Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ HP 48SX/GX
NeXTStep EM48 ✔️ Source available ✔️ ✔️ 48SX
saturn ✔️ GNU GPLv2+ ✔️ HP 48GX, HP 49, and HP 40
Droid48 Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ HP 48
Power48 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ HP 48sx, 48gx, and 49g
PSPX48 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ HP48

Hewlett Packard Prime calculators

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
HP Prime Virtual Calculator Simulator Proprietary ✔️ HP Prime calculators
HP Prime Graphing Calculator App (free) Proprietary ✔️ HP Prime calculators
HP Prime Graphing Calculator App (paid) Proprietary HP Prime calculators
HP Prime Graphing Calculator App (free for Android) Proprietary ✔️ HP Prime calculators
HP Prime Graphing Calculator App (paid for Android) Proprietary HP Prime calculators

Hewlett Packard scientific and financial calculators

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Emu28 ✔️ Source available ✔️ ✔️ HP18C and HP28C
Free42 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ HP-42S
HP SmartCalc 300s Emulator Proprietary ✔️ HP 300s
WP-34s emulator ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ HP-20b and HP-30b
HP 12C emulator (official) Proprietary ✔️ HP 12c
HP 12C emulator (not official) Proprietary ✔️ HP 12c
awp34s ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ WP-34S
WP34S-4NS Source available ✔️ WP-34S

Other HP calculator resources

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Emu48 Source available ✔️ ✔️ Multiple HP calculators

Casio calculators

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
PB-1000 Emulator ✔️ Source available ✔️ PB-1000
PB-2000C Emulator ✔️ Source available ✔️ PB-2000
FX-8000G Emulator ✔️ Source available ✔️ FX-8000G
FX-7500G Emulator ✔️ Source available ✔️
ClassPad emulators Proprietary Unknown Casio calculators
Official emulators for most Casio calculators Proprietary Casio calculators

Sharp calculators

Simulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Official Sharp simulators Proprietary ✔️ EL series calculators

Elektronika calculators

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Calculators 3000 Proprietary ✔️ List of supported systems
MK-90 Emulator Source available ✔️ MK-90
MK-85 Emulator (link to Lazarus port not working) ✔️ Source available ✔️ MK-85
MK-87 Emulator (no links working currently) Source available ✔️ MK-87
eMKatic ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ B3-34, MK-52, MK-61
MK 61/54 ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Electronika MK-61 and MK-54

Other miscellaneous emulators and projects

Adobe Flash emulators

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Gnash ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Adobe Flash 💻 🍎 🐧 👿 🌐 Haiku BeOS OS/2 MANY more
Lightspark ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Adobe Flash 💻 🐧 🌐
Ruffle ✔️ Dual-licensed under the Apache 2.0 license and the MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Adobe Flash 💻 🍎 🐧 🌐

Game engine emulators/interpreters

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
EasyRPG ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ RPG Maker 💻 🍎 🐧 🤖 📱 🌐 Nintendo Wii Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Switch Sony PlayStation Vita
JoiPlay No central repo, seems to just be a combination of other projects? ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ RPG Maker, Ren'Py, HTML5 🤖 🌐
MKXP ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Ruby Game Scripting System 💻 🍎 🐧
OpenGMK ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Game Maker 💻 🐧

Nuon emulators

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Nuance ✔️ 3-clause BSD ✔️ ✔️ Nuon 💻
NuanceResurrection ✔️ 3-clause BSD ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Nuon 💻
NuonEm (No download link currently) No license/source available at the moment ✔️ Nuon

Game client emulators

Disclaimer: These tools are listed for preservation of games that are either no longer playable without them or incredibly difficult to get playable via their original downloads or media, these tools are not listed for enabling piracy or otherwise illegal means.

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Goldberg Steam Emulator ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Steam 💻 🐧 SteamOS
SmartSteamEmu (SSE) Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Steam 💻
SmartSteamEmu (decompiled and modified version of SSE) Source available ✔️ Steam 💻
SmartSteamEmu Reborn Client Proprietary ✔️ Steam 💻
Anadius Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Origin/EA 💻
Uplay-r1-loader Source available ✔️ ✔️ Ubisoft/Uplay 💻

Arcade machine emulators

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
Final Burn ✔️ Source available ✔️ Multiple arcade systems
Final Burn Alpha (AKA FB Alpha or FBA) ✔️ Source available ✔️ Multiple arcade systems
Final Burn Alpha Neo ✔️ Source available ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Multiple arcade systems
GnGeo ✔️ GNU GPLv2 with an exception ✔️ Neo Geo AES
Kawaks
MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) ✔️ GNU GPLv2 and 3-clause BSD license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Many systems
NeoRAGEx Proprietary ✔️ Neo Geo AES
TeknoParrot Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Various arcade systems
Model 2 emulator Proprietary ✔️ Sega Model 2
Supermodel ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Sega Model 3
ZiNc Proprietary ✔️ ZN1, ZN2, and System 11 arcade hardware
Calice Video plugin is open-source ✔️ Capcom CPS1 and CPS2 hardware
CPS3 Emulator Proprietary ✔️ Capcom CPS3 hardware
Viva Nonno Proprietary ✔️ Namco system 22
Callus Proprietary ✔️ Capcom CPS1 hardware
Callus95 Proprietary ✔️ Capcom CPS1 hardware
Callus95 (patch) Proprietary ✔️ Capcom CPS1 hardware
Nebula Proprietary ✔️ Neo Geo AES, CPS1/2, Konami, PolyGameMaster arcade hardware
Mjolnir Possibly MIT or MAME license? ✔️ Namco System 21, System 22, and Super System 22 hardware
pfeMAME ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Multiple arcade systems
geolith ✔️ 3-clause BSD ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Neo Geo AES and MVS 💻 🍎 🐧 👿

Pinball machine emulators

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
PinMAME ✔️ MAME license and 3-clause BSD license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Check README
Visual Pinball ✔️ MAME license and 3-clause BSD license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Everything PinMAME supports
Future Pinball (direct link to latest installer) Proprietary ✔️ Various pinball machines

Multi-system emulators

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulated systems Platform
ares ✔️ ISC license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Emulated systems
byuu ✔️ ISC license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Prototype of ares
higan ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Emulated systems
RetroArch ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ List of cores
OpenEmu Source available ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ List of supported systems
BizHawk ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ List of cores
Mednafen ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ List of supported systems
Altirra ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ List of supported systems
Atari++ ✔️ THOR Public License ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ List of supported systems
Atari800 ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ List of supported systems
Atari800Win-PLus ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ See Atari800 above
Mesen (continuation of Mesen project) ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ NES, SNES, Game Boy, and PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16
Emulicious Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Sega Master System, Game Gear, and the MSX computer
NO$GBA Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Sony PocketStation
GBE+ ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Pokemon Mini
Kega Fusion Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Sega SG1000, SC3000, SF7000, Master System, Game Gear, Genesis/Megadrive, SVP, Pico, Sega CD/Mega CD and 32X
Pantheon Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ List of supported systems
Phoenix Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ 3DO, ColecoVision, Sega Master System, Atari Jaguar
Clock Signal (CLK) ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ List of supported systems
JGEmu ✔️ 3-clause BSD license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ List of supported systems
DarcNES Source available, links down at the moment ✔️ NES, ColecoVision, Sega Master System
Xe emulator Proprietary ✔️ List of supported systems
DSP emulator Source available ✔️ ✔️ List of supported systems
Meka ✔️ Custom/"BSD-like" ✔️ ✔️ List of supported systems
ZEsarUX ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ [List of supported systems]((https://github.com/chernandezba/zesarux)
EMU (page is in Russian) Proprietary ✔️ List of supported systems
Kindred Proprietary ✔️ List of supported systems
Z64K Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Commodore VIC20, Commodore 64, Commodore 128, ZX Spectrum 48K, ZX Spectrum 128K, Atari 2600
Retro Virtual Machine Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX, SG-1000, and Sega Master System
Common Source Code Project (page is in Japanese) ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ List of supported systems
vdmgr Proprietary ✔️ List of supported systems
DICE ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Multiple discrete arcade games
Hydra ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Currently only N64?
MultiCott (unreleased along with all the cores except for Game Boy and Game Boy Advance) Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Atari Lynx, Sega Game Gear, WonderSwan, WonderSwan Color, Gpack32 (?)
PCE ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ Atari ST/MegaST, IBM 5150 and IBM PC/XT 5160, classic Macintosh computers, and Regnecentralen RC759 Piccoline
Emma 02 Emulator Source available ✔️ List of supported systems
WinArcadia, AmiArcadia, and DroidArcadia ✔️ Source available ✔️ List of supported systems

Emulation platforms

Emulation operating systems for computers

Operating system FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulators used Platform
Batocera ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Compatibility
Lakka ✔️ Multiple ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ RetroArch
Recalbox ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️

Emulation operating systems for single board computers

Operating system FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulators used Platform
RetroPie ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Supported systems
Lakka ✔️ Multiple ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ RetroArch
Recalbox ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
Blast16 ✔️ License ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ RetroArch using the Genesis Plus GX and PicoDrive cores
SNESES ✔️ License ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ RetroArch using multiple SNES cores
Ludo ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ RetroArch

Emulation frontends and launchers for Windows/Linux

Emulator FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulators supported Platform
LaunchBox Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
Playnite ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
RetroBat ✔️ LGPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
HyperSpin Proprietary ✔️ ✔️
Attract-Mode ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
QuickPlay ✔️ BSD license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
EmulationStation ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️
EmulationStation Desktop Edition ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
RetroFE ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
Lutris ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
Nostlan ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
skeletonKey Custom ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
Pegasus ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
GameHub ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️
GameEx Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
mGalaxy Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
Emu Loader Proprietary ✔️ ✔️
Terminal Launch Proprietary ✔️ ✔️
Metropolis Launcher ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️
FrontEnd Emulator Launcher (AKA FEEL) ✔️ GNU LGPLv3 ✔️ ✔️
Maximum Arcade Proprietary ✔️
EmuCenter 2 Proprietary ✔️ ✔️
RetriX ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️
minir ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️
Phoenix Proprietary ✔️ ✔️
Rare (GUI for Legendary) ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
Arcadia ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
Lutris ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
GameRoom Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 International ✔️
ProjectArcade ✔️ GNU LGPLv3 ✔️ ✔️

Emulation frontends for Android

Frontend FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulators used Platform
Lemuroid ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ RetroArch
Daijishou ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ RetroArch, other emulator apps
Dig Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ Unknown, "supports 83 systems"

Emulation scripts for setting up multiple emulators

Script FOSS License Free Active Recommended Emulators used Platform
Marley ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ Mednafen, Dolphin, Mupen64plus, PPSSPP, and PCSX2

Game collection managers

Manager FOSS License Free Active Recommended Targeted systems Platform
Igir ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ Multiple
Clrmamepro Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Arcade systems
RomVault Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Multiple
oxyROMon ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Multiple
JRomManager ✔️ GNU GPLv2 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Arcade systems
ROMSorter ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Multiple
skeletonKey Custom ✔️ ✔️ Multiple
Romcenter Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Multiple
Romulus ROM Manager Proprietary ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Multiple
ArcadeManager ✔️ MIT license ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Arcade systems
Steam ROM Manager ✔️ GNU GPLv3 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Multiple systems
MAME Miner ✔️ MIT license ✔️ Arcade systems

👨‍💻 Contributing

Contributions are always welcome and much appreciated!

Mostly what needs done now is checking for spelling mistakes, dead links, and incorrect information.

The recommended column should probably never be modified unless you have a VERY good reason to do so, or if I am mistaken about certain information.

💬 Support

Before attempting to get support, please first read through the entire FAQ.

For support, open an issue.

🙏 Special Thanks

  • Zophar's domain - for hosting backup downloads for many emulators, plugins, and other tools and software
  • Emulator Zone - for hosting backup downloads for many emulators, plugins, and other tools and software
  • The Emulation64 website - for keeping their sites up for so long!
  • EmuTalk forums - for many great resources
  • AssemblerGames archive - for many great resources
  • GBATemp - for many great resources
  • GameFAQs - for some random little tools and files
  • Brewology - for many PSP, PS3, and other PlayStation system homebrew downloads
  • All the incredible, hard working, and talented developers who work on all these emulators for free and in their spare time, thank you!
  • You for reading this! 😄

❓ FAQ

Where can I download games?

Ideally you would dump games and firmware from your legitimately owned hardware. I don't support piracy and I won't engage in discussions of piracy here. This includes (but is not limited to) piracy of emulators, piracy of software for use in emulators, etc. This is not a preference, it is to avoid legal issues.

Keep in mind that piracy and dumping software for your own use are two different things. One is legal in most jurisdictions, and the other is not. I am not a lawyer, but there is a difference in definition. Contact your lawyer if you need further information.

Can you give me personal help with emulator setup, dumping games and software, or other things?

I am always willing to help people in need if I have the knowledge and experience to help. However, I spend a lot of time/energy on various projects and helping people with sometimes very technical things for free in my spare time. I am currently unemployed and have been for several years. I'm not here to tell you my life story or anything, but since I take a lot of time out of my own personal free time to create educational resources and work on community projects, it would be nice if you could to either send me a little tip or at the very least spread the word about my resources and projects.

I intend on making YouTube videos to help people with setting up emulators and other things at some point. When that happens, I will add relevant links here.

Also, to help people trying to help you, please at least show you put in some effort to try and fix your issues like searching around the internet and reading documentation/official websites/etc before asking for help, and please provide as much information as you can before trying to get assistance.

Please do not open issues for anything other than issues with the project itself. If it is deemed off-topic or unrelated, they will be locked and closed.

Thank you. 😄

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